ZCZC SPCSWOMCD ALL ACUS11 KWNS 120217 SPC MCD 120217 SDZ000-NEZ000-120315- MESOSCALE DISCUSSION 1528 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 0917 PM CDT THU AUG 11 2016 AREAS AFFECTED...PARTS OF SRN SD AND WRN/CNTRL NEB CONCERNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 444... VALID 120217Z - 120315Z THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 444 CONTINUES. SUMMARY...A FEW STRONG WIND GUSTS AND PERHAPS MARGINALLY SVR HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE WITHIN SVR TSTM WATCH 444...BUT OVERALL THE SVR THREAT APPEARS TO BE TRENDING DOWNWARD. DISCUSSION...ISOLATED STRONG TSTMS ARE SLOWLY SPREADING SEWD ACROSS CNTRL SD AND WRN NEB...WITH MORE RECENT DEVELOPMENT LIKELY AIDED BY AN UPPER IMPULSE MOVING ACROSS SERN WY. PERIODIC UPWARD PULSES IN INTENSITY OVER THE PAST COUPLE HRS MAY HAVE COINCIDED WITH A LOCALIZED SVR HAIL/WIND THREAT...BUT THE LOSS OF DIURNAL HEATING AND WEAK LOW-LEVEL FORCING FOR ASCENT APPEAR TO BE SUPPORTING AN OVERALL DOWNWARD TREND IN TSTM INTENSITY. STILL...A FEW INSTANCES OF STRONG WIND GUSTS AND MARGINALLY SVR HAIL WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HRS AS A MOIST AND MODERATELY UNSTABLE AIR MASS REMAINS IN PLACE ACROSS CNTRL NEB AND S-CNTRL SD...BUT OVERALL TRENDS IN DECREASING INTENSITY ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE AS THE BOUNDARY LAYER COOLS FURTHER. ..ROGERS.. 08/12/2016 ...PLEASE SEE WWW.SPC.NOAA.GOV FOR GRAPHIC PRODUCT... ATTN...WFO...FSD...OAX...ABR...LBF...UNR...CYS... LAT...LON 43369745 42249874 41530086 41250245 41270328 41670349 41910313 42070235 42440160 42910101 43480039 43619980 43809875 43769811 43369745 NNNN